Solved! Raw footage 2GB, exported file 15GB

[longtimejones]

Solution: Untick hardware encoding.

Combined and edited 2 clips in a mlt project, and exported with the Youtube present. Now I’ve got a 15GB video instead of 2GB.

How can I decrease the size of the exported video?

[Ar_D]

If you see the quality percentage, try to to make it below 68%, because human eye can’t see more than 68%, So make it low until you find the quality that you can compromise for. And 100% is lossless, which means it retains the best quality but creates a whopping size, and 100% is way too much for humans to see.

[shotcut]

I added some info about the basics of export and compression to the docs

Export Basics

The Export panel (also File > Export Video…) is used to create a new video or audio file from your project because File > Save saves a project file. Think of this like a photo editor that saves its own format (e.g. .psd or .xcf) versus saving a JPEG or a word processor that saves to its own format (e.g. .doc or .odt) versus a PDF. [image] The most important thing to know is to click Export File to export your project as a new video file. It opens the standard save file dialog for your operatin…